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Silken water: The Elizabeth Bishop suite
RSN:
69058
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Composition Date:
2011
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Revision Date:
N/A
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Duration:
00:11:32
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Cataloguing Information
Call Number
MV 1400 M163si
Genre
Solo Voice with Full Orchestra
Material Type
Print-music
Acquisition Date
2014-09-12
Library Collection Publisher / Label
Unpublished, printed by CMC / Inédit, imprimé par le CMC
Movements
Introduction: The silken water is weaving and weaving
I. Dear my compass
II. Close, close all night
III. Breakfast Song
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Additional Information
This piece was commissioned by Suzie LeBlanc, soprano. This piece has 4 movements:
Master Location
Toronto
Language
English
First line of Text
Dear, my compass still points north to wooden hours and blue eyes
,
Close, close all night, lovers keep
,
My love, my saving grace, your eyes are awfully blue
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Physical Description
Found 2 record(s)
Available Actions
Extent of Item
1 score (59 p.) ;
14 parts ([82] p.) ;
Instrumentation
Found 11 record(s)
Available Actions
Set No.
Category
Instrument
Number
48744
Voices
Soprano
1
48744
Larger ensemble
Full Orchestra
1
48745
Voices
Soprano
1
48745
Woodwinds
Piccolo
1
48745
Woodwinds
Flute
1
48745
Woodwinds
Oboe
2
48745
Woodwinds
Bassoon
2
48745
Brass
Horn
2
48745
Percussion
Timpani
1
48745
Strings, plucked
Harp
1
48745
Strings, bowed
1
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
See Also
65068, The silken water is wheating and wheating, AR2880, Alasdair MacLean, 00:04:52
After an initial conversation with Suzie LeBlanc about a project based on the poems of Elizabeth Bishop, we agreed to each come up with a short list of poems, from which we would choose a group for the project. One of the first poems I considered was 'Cape Breton', an evocative poem about the people and landscape of Cape Breton Island, and when I read the line 'The silken water is weaving and weaving', a musical idea emerged in my mind which compelled me to sit down at my desk and start writing. By the following day, I had more or less finished a short work for string orchestra, so I began The Elizabeth Bishop Suite' with this movement as an introduction.In subsequent discussions with Suzie, we pared down a list of many favorite poems to a final grouping of three which pleased us : 'Dear, my compass', 'Close, close all night', and 'Breakfast Song'. This triptych creates a narrative of family and community, long-lasting love, and finally, the approaching separation brought about by life's end. My intent in setting the poems was to capture, as much as possible, the mood of the words without attempting to be programmatic, and to highlight the poems in a clear, uncomplicated presentation for the voice.
Found 4 record(s)
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CMC Location
Barcode
Copy Status
Circulation Status
Number of Copies
Vancouver
01VA69058
In Circulation
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1
Calgary
01CA69058
In Circulation
-
1
Toronto
01TO69058
In Circulation
-
1
Montréal
01MO69058
In Circulation
-
1
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